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[Chados]

You've got it. That One Build. It's like well-broken-in boots. Comfortable. You've got six of one variant of mech, right? But there is that one variant, and that one build, that sings to you. You've tried other builds. People have suggested them to you, or criticized yours for being too hot or too Boaty McBoatface or not boaty enough, or too weak an alpha or whatever. You keep running it. For something like the last 175 drops and all the same configuration, and when you run someone else you miss it.

What is it?

[Templar Dane]

Hellbringer. ECM, 4x ERML, UAC20.

All but 1 point of armor stripped off the arms. It's 6 or 7 tons of ammo or something.

[RangerGee412]

Hellbringer with ecm, 5 medium pulse lasers.

My adder prime with 2 ppcs. It's hot, but it just....... works for me.

Just rebuilt my Warhawk prime with 4 ppcs and the rest all dhs. God that thing is just fun to play.

Edited by RangerGee412, 01 June 2016 - 05:46 PM.

[Wintersdark]

Over 4 years of play, I've got two builds over some 140 mechs that I truly love and never change. Two.


1) Direwolf Siegebreaker. Originally Pariah Devalis' creation, twin Gauss, 4 ERML, UAC20, 2xSRM6. 122 damage in 1s, three times in a row. Able to dish 70pt alphas while cooling off. It's a monster.

2) Lurmdog. 5xLRM5, LRM10, 5xERSL. Over 20dps combined at 200m, it's a fast brawler that's extraordinarily effective, heat neutral with either the LRM's or lasers, lethal at brawling range, able to fire over friendly mechs to increase damage output over a narrow frontage.

Everything else gets different builds every couple of drops.

[Carl Vickers]

Maddog - 4 lurm 5, to be fired in alpha. 2 streak 4's harrassment for those pesky lights and 3 er mids.

Very good on the heat as long as you dont fire too many weapon groups at once, more of a DPS'er than alpha warrior. Can work at the front of a push or middle of the group. Big waste of fire power sitting at the back.

[Sickocrow]

RFL-3N/3C

Twin LB-10x; 6 tons of ammo
Quad Med laser
280xl engine

Tried this for a laugh as a lot of people ~say~ the Shotties are crap. Maybe they are, but I love it. Tried the AC10s but I always go back to the Shotties.

[oldradagast]

Banshee 3E, Triple AC5's with a large laser and some mediums for backup. It just works for me and isn't gimmicky or limited in some way.

[MeiSooHaityu]

I think right now, that build is the Ebon Jaguar with 2 LPLasers, 6 ERSLasers, a TC3, and all the DHS it can equip.

It runs fairly cool, has an alpha over 50, and with the TC3 and ERSLaser range module, the ERSLasers still reach out to a respectable 230m range optimal (almost IS MLaser range).

I can offer fire support with the 600m+ LPLasers and alpha strike for some good damage if the fight gets close.

I like my other EBJs and they run various Gauss/ERPPC/SRM builds, but the build above is just so nice.

[Y E O N N E]

Recently, with all the carry harder bull I've been having to do?

MAD-5D

It's so extremely good at medium-short range. I would rate it higher than a brawl Timberwolf even in a brawl deck, simply because it can deal damage at respectable distance and it can deal it faster and more precisely, and it doesn't run any hotter. Playing anything besides this just feels...insufficient...these days.

Though my main squeeze is still this bugger. <3

[Sable]

Timberwolf prime, 2 ER Large, 3 ER Medium, 2 LRM 15 with 3 tons of ammo. Decent at all ranges, maybe a tad hot and still got that classic timberwolf look to it.

[Revis Volek]

My sEXE with 2 LPL up high and 10 er smalls on the arms.

Its a 76 point alpha and opens up most small heavies and lighter in one staggered alpha and after the kill you MASC away to the next victim.

[El Bandito]

Dual Gauss + 3xERLL MAL-2P. With XL engine. It's fooking beast.

[Narcissistic Martyr]

AC20 Raven?

[Baba Yogi]

Lately i've fallen in love with quad ppc marauder. I dont get why this isnt more popular, it absolutely murders anything in mid range and is cool enough for 3-4 consecutive alphas.

[VitriolicViolet]

King Crab-0000.
4 medium pulses with cooldown module on chainfire.
3 LRM 15 with artemis, BAP, ccon, target decay, LRM 15 range, LRM 15 cooldown and 1480 missiles on chainfire.
AMS with 1 ton of ammo.

Its a beast the MPLs on chainfire allow continuous fire great for getting close or lights. I think they get 37% cooldown in total.
The LRM's are brutal. A constant rain of tight lrm 15s. The Command console, Bap and target decay mean no one gets away.
Its my mech with the highest K/D not that that means much.

Its the only build ive ever run on the KGC-0000. I tend to use more average builds on the other 2.

Edited by Violet Vitriol Price, 01 June 2016 - 08:37 PM.

[Troutmonkey]

Stalker 3F - 4LL, 2ML
Ran it for years now, and I'll continue to run it for longer. Quirks and the 4N be damned!

[DarthHias]

RangerGee412, on 01 June 2016 - 05:43 PM, said:

Hellbringer with ecm, 5 medium pulse lasers.

My adder prime with 2 ppcs. It's hot, but it just....... works for me.

Just rebuilt my Warhawk prime with 4 ppcs and the rest all dhs. God that thing is just fun to play.

You have taste mate! One should always have the PPC Adder in his hangar. If they gave us the 15/15 ERPPCs like they should be...

Warhawk is also great. I run it with a big TC (think 6) for better projectile speed.

My best performing Hellbringer is still 4 ermeds+Gauss. But those 3 are my favourite Clan mechs.

[Requiemking]

My main hunter is ever stealthy Mist Lynx. One ERPPC, ECM, and all the armour you can add, and you can work miracles if you know what you are doing. Alas, not many know what to do with the Lynx, and often end up trying to force it into a role that, simply put, you are better off using something else for.

[Jaqir]

CP-10-Q will probably be a new favourite once it makes an appearance. Ability to boat LRM5/10 spam coupled with twin-LPL support seems like it'd be fun.

In the meantime, my KDK3 with 2xGauss + 4xMPL for support seems to be entertaining me well enough. Can always fall back on anything Mauler if that gets dull, too.

Edited by Jaqir, 01 June 2016 - 11:34 PM.

[Rhaythe]

Locust 1V with 1 ERLL.

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...what? Why are you laughing?